diff --git a/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/certificates.go b/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/certificates.go
index aa65773d3..e0a395ee8 100644
--- a/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/certificates.go
+++ b/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/certificates.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func installCertManager(helmFlags *cmd_utils.HelmFlags, kubeconfig string, image
 
 		args := []string{
 			"--set", "crds.enabled=true",
+			"--set", "crds.keep=true",
 			"--set-json", "global.commonLabels={\"installedby\": \"mgradm\"}",
 			"--set", "images.pullPolicy=" + kubernetes.GetPullPolicy(imagePullPolicy),
 		}